2 Israeli Police Jailed for Killing and Abducting Palestinian Boy

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by Jarrett Martineau | April 28, 2009 at 03:30 pm
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Two Israeli police officers have been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years and five-and-a-half years in jail, respectively, over the assault, abduction, and eventual killing of a 17-year-old Palestinian boy near Hebron.

The 2002 events that led to the death of the boy paint a grim picture of the two officers, who were found to have beaten, abducted, and forced the boy to jump from a vehicle that was travelling 80 km/h.

Sadly, this was not their only victim, as the police officers were discovered to have "also assaulted several other Palestinians on the same day".

An Israeli court has sentenced two former police officers to jail for their role in killing a Palestinian teenager.

In 2002 both men were Israeli border police working in the West Bank.

Jerusalem's District Court has found they abducted a 17-year-old Palestinian boy in Hebron, beat him, and forced him to jump from a police car travelling at 80 kilometres per hour.

The victim had managed to hold on to the car's roof, but the police eventually forced him out.

One officer shouted that he was dead. The court said the police then drove away without offering medical assistance and tried to eliminate the evidence.

The pair also assaulted several other Palestinians on the same day.

The men were sentenced to eight-and-a-half years and five-and-a-half years in jail respectively.

Source: abc.net.au

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Amy Judd
Amy Judd

at 15:33 on April 28th, 2009

That is so sad, how awful.

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Barbara McPherson
Barbara McPherson

at 16:04 on April 28th, 2009

It's good to see that they have been sentenced.  If someone killed my kid in this horrible, senseless way, I would blame the people who gave them power.  I would become their enemy.  Maybe the Israelis should have tried the police officers for endangering the state because that's exactly what they've done.

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Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke
Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 16:10 on April 28th, 2009

I think it.s a pretty soft sentence for what they did.  I thought we were soft on crime in Canada.  Latimer got more for mercykilling his daughter. 

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Tomitheos Linardos
Tomitheos Linardos

at 18:25 on April 28th, 2009

this is terrible and shocking

 we need to have faith in the police and other public servants

 thanks for bringing this to our attention Jarrett 

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tikun
tikun

at 22:10 on April 28th, 2009

Tina,

This has nothing to do with WAR. and everything to do with these two cops. period. To extend this beyond that is a bit of a stretch. It unfortunately happens in other countries as well. The courts here usually follow EU sentencing requirements. But as far as I am concerned they should have been locked up for ever. We are a bit more lenient then the States.


This is the report from an Israeli left-wing newspaper. Just for the record.

Two former Border Police officers were sentenced to prison Monday for their role in killing a Palestinian teen in Hebron in 2002.

Shachar Butbika and Dennis al-Hazub were convicted of manslaughter and accessory to manslaughter, respectively, and sentenced to prison terms of eight and a half years and five and half years, respectively, by the Jerusalem District Court.

Amran Abu Hamadiyah, 17, died after he was forced to jump from a Border Police jeep traveling 80 kilometers per hour. Butbika and Hazub, together with two other officers who were convicted and sentenced earlier this year, assaulted several Palestinians on the same day.





The first victim, Alaa Sankrut, then 20, was hauled onto the jeep, driven to a discreet location and kicked and beaten with a pickaxe handle, sustaining skull fractures. On their second drive that day, the officers abducted Abu Hamadiyah. He was beaten by Butbika and then forced to jump from the moving vehicle. He resisted, holding onto the jeep's roof, but was eventually forced out. One of the officers shouted "he's dead." They drove away, without offering medical assistance, and tried to eliminate the evidence.

The other two officers, Yanai Lalzeh and Bassam Wahabi, were given prison terms of eight and a half years and four and a half years, respectively.

Source: haaretz.com



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Jarrett Martineau
Jarrett Martineau

at 08:06 on April 29th, 2009

Thanks for this additional information, tikun.

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